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Nursery Land Favourites

By: N/A

Price: $350.00

Publisher: London, Ernest Nister: N.D.

Seller ID: 1012J2

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket; Some scuffing and rubbing to front and rear boards, not affecting picture. Bumping to corners. Gift inscription on front flyleaf: "To Tustins [?] With much Love and best wishes for a Merry Christmas. From Grandma -- Paris -- 1908." Later owner's name on front paste-down.

Inv. #1012J2. (EN # 2059) Chromolithograph of Little Red Riding Hood on cover; chromolithograph of "There was a Little Man frontispiece. All other illustrations black & white. This is one of Nister's famous children's books, printed in Bavaria on good paper. Published by Nister in London and E.P. Dutton in New York.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall
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Three Little Pigs Altemus' Wee Books For Wee Folks

By: N/A

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Phila., PA, Henry Altemus Company: 1904

Seller ID: 453D

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Inv. #453D. Cloth with illustration of pig treed by wolf on cover. Front flyleaf torn at outer edge, not affecting illustration. ; Forty Illustrations in color; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 96 pages
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Image for Messages and Papers of the Presidents (A Compilation) Published by Authority of Congress 1899, James D. Richardson, A representative from the State of Tennessee

Messages and Papers of the Presidents (A Compilation) Published by Authority of Congress 1899, James D. Richardson, A representative from the State of Tennessee

By: N/A

Price: $1,250.00

Publisher: D.C., Bureau of National Literature: 1912

Seller ID: 1172B

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Inv. #1172B. Eleven volumes. Bound in 3/4 leather over marbled boards, gilt decorations and lettering on spine. President's seal on front boards. Teg. Outstanding condition. Volume X of this set continues through the presidency of William Howard Taft and has the important eleventh volume, The Index to all of the previous volumes. ; 8vo; 8145 + Index pages; Beginning with Volume I, the formation of the government, and the Presidency of George Washington, through Volume X, the presidency of William Howard Taft, in 1912, the documents of each of the presidents are offered. Volume XI, The In...
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The Heroines of Shakpeare

By: N/A

Price: $475.00

Publisher: London & New York, the London Printing & Publishing Co., Ltd.:

Seller ID: P-070120B

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Inv. # 070120B. Full light brown leather designed to appear 3/4 with large gold-stamped portrait of Shakespeare on front boards. All edges gilt. The work "compris[es] the principal female characters in the plays of the great poet. Engraved in the highest style of art, from drawings by eminent artists. With letterpress extracts from the text, in English and French; and critical essays on each of the characters." The book is close in looks to Inventory # P-070120A, The Complete Works of Shakspeare, and was published by the same company around the same time, mid 19th Century. It wou...
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The Song Celestial, or the Bhagavad Gita

By: Arnold, Sir Edwin

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, David McKay: 1934

Seller ID: P-041122

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

#P-041122. Black cloth, with silver illustrated cover. ; B&W Illustration s; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 135 pages
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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

By: Barrie, James M. (Rackham, Arthur, Illus.)

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: NY, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1908

Seller ID: RW050910

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Inv. # RW050910. Green cloth cover with illustration of Peter Pan riding a goat gold-stamped on front cover. Gold stamped title on front cover and spine. Fifty-one tipped-in color illustrations by Rackham, consisting of frontis plus 50 numbered illustrations. All tipped-in illustrations are mounted on thick brown paper at end of text, with titles of illustrations on tissue guards.; Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall
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Kasidah of Haji Abdu El Yezdi Translated and Annotated by His Friend and Pupil, Sir Richard Burton

By: Burton, Sir Richard

Price: $650.00

Publisher: Phila., PA, David McKay: 1931

Seller ID: 1293

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Inv. #1293. Burton, a British explorer & orientalist, used the pseudonym Haji Abdu El Yezdi, for this work of visionary poetry that he created. Introduction by Dhan Gopal Mukerji, The black hardcover binding has a splendid image of one of Pogany's illustrations surrounded by a silver border. The Pogany designs are quite erotic and fanciful. Handsome copy. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; Signed by Illustrator
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

By: Carroll, Lewis

Price: $385.00

Publisher: NY, E.P. Dutton & Co.: 1929

Seller ID: P-040731

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Purple cloth cover with gold-stamped illustration of Alice and the White Rabbit on front. Colored endpapers featuring scenes from the book. Pogany's delightful black-and-white line illustrations present Alice as a definite child of the '20's, including bobbed hair and a mid-thigh length checked skirt, knee sox, and a "sailor" blouse.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 192 pages
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The Carmina of Catullus

By: Catullus (Burton & Smithers, Tr.)

Price: $350.00

Publisher: NY, Privately Printed: 1928

Seller ID: 1381B

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

#1381B. No. 375 0f 750 copies. Brown cloth boards with tan buckram spine. Publisher's black leather label on spine. Top edge stained brown, all other edges untrimmed. "The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus, Completely Englished into Verse and Prose, the Metrical Part by Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, and the Prose Portion, Introduction and Notes Explanatory and Illustrative by Leonard C. Smithers; Including the Latin Text of Catullus." Privately printed for subscribers only. With 8 full page plates.; Drawings; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 323 pages
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The Adventure of the Peerless Peer

By: Farmer, Phlip Jose

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Boulder, Colorado, Aspen Press: 1974

Seller ID: 4147B-26

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Inv. #4147B-26. First edition of this classic Sherlockian pastiche featuring Holmes and Lord Greystoke (aka Tarzan) battling German agent Von Bork (of "His Last Bow") in Africa in 1916. Farmer was the "American Agent for the Estates of Dr. Watson, Lord Greystoke, David Copperfield, Martin Eden, and Don Quixote." An exceptional copy of this important book that will appeal to collectors of Sherlockiana, Tarzaniana, Farmer, and Science Fiction.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; viii, 111 pages
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Salmagundi

By: Faulkner, William

Price: $2,250.00

Publisher: Milwaukee, Casanova Press: 1932

Seller ID: 1023D

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Inv. #1023D. One of 525 numbered copies. Includes "Ultimately," a poem by Ernest Hemingway, on the back outside cover. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of Faulkner. These short pieces, with one exception, first appeared in the Double Dealer Magazine.Fine in publisher's original tan thick paper wrappers, title printed in red and black on front cover. Publisher's slipcase slightly worn.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall
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The Daily Express Children's Annual (No. 2)

By: Giraud, S. Louis (ed.)

Price: $950.00

Publisher: London, The Lane Publications: 1930

Seller ID: V-060122

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Inv. # V-060122. Pop-Up book with 6 intact, fully operational pop-ups. The Daily Express produced one of these Annuals each year for several years in the early '30's. They boasted that "All the Coloured Pictures rise up in model form" because they could not call the pictures pop-ups as that term was trademarked by Blue Ribbon Books in the United States for its books. The spine is newly laid down, but the front and rear boards are intact. ; Pop-Up; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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The Old Man and the Sea

By: Hemingway, Ernest

Price: $2,500.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1952

Seller ID: 1226J

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

Inv. #1226J. First Edition, first printing with an "A" on the copyright. Bound in 3/4 maroon morocco over marbled boards. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 139 pages; Five bands on spine with title and elaborate decorations in gilt.
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The Complete Plays of Henry James

By: James, Henry

Price: $375.00

Publisher: London, Rupert Hart-Davis: 1949

Seller ID: 1291E

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Inv. # 1291E. Bound in full blue leather by Bayntun of Bath, with marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Elaborate gilt decorations on spine. Stated first edition. Edited by Leon Edel. Illustrated with photgraphs. ; 8vo
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Elihu Root

By: Jessup, Philip C.

Price: $420.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Co: 1938

Seller ID: 1177E

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Inv. # 1177E. 2volumes, 3/4 red leather over marbled boards and endpapers. T.E.G. Root was Teddy Roosevelt's second secretary of state, as well as a secretary of war and a senator from New York. The book is ex-library. ; 8vo
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Portal Poems: Perspectives on Aging

By: Kominars, Sheppard Benet

Price: $18.95

Publisher: San Francisco, Good Sheppard Books: 2013

Seller ID: 130901

ISBN: 0989843106

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New with no dust jacket

Inv. # 130901. Written in the Eighth and Ninth Decades of his life, this collection of poems by Sheppard Benet Kominars explores the "new frontiers" of aging and the challenges it offers. These poems were written for grown-up grownups -- and can also be read by everyone for pleasure, insight, and inspiration. Signed by author with personal dedication. To be released October 1, 2013.; Trade PB; 8vo; Signed by Author
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Jack the Giant Killer "Pop-Up" Book

By: Lentz, Harold B.

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: New York, Blue Ribbon Books: 1932

Seller ID: 1483

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Inv. # 1483. Pop-Up book with 4 pop-ups, stiff cardboard pages and extremely rare intact dust jacket repeating design on boards. Full-color illustration of Jack the Giant Killer on front boards, and dragon on rear boards. Contains four stories, with one pop-up illustration per story: "Jack the Giant Killer", "Jack and the Bean-Stalk", "Little Red Riding Hood", and "Sleeping Beauty". All four pop-ups are intact and in working order. An exceptional find in this condition, with Dust Jacket. ; Pop-Up; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages
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Daphnis & Chloe

By: Longus

Price: $300.00

Publisher: London, Geoffrey Bles: 1925

Seller ID: 1381E

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

#1381E. Linen cloth. Top pages trimmed, all others untrimmed. Translated from the Greek of Longus by George Thornley in 1657. Decorations by John Austen.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 200 pages
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The Diary of a Lady's Maid Translated from the French

By: Mirbeau, Octave

Price: $650.00

Publisher: Paris, Charles Carrington: 1903

Seller ID: 1086

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Inv. #1086. Classic erotica. Full leather binding. Six dentelles, elaborate decoration on the title & spine. 12 illustrations by Mas. From the Biblioteca Curiosa.; 8vo
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The Life of William Ewart Gladstone In Three Volumes

By: Morley, John

Price: $550.00

Publisher: London & NY, Macmillan: 1903

Seller ID: 1177J

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket; several bumped corners; a few minor marks on spines.

Inv. #1177J. Three volumes. First American Edition. 3/4 brown morocco on green linen boards; marbled end papers. TEG. Five raised bands on spine, gilt lettering. Signed binding. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall
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Category: First Editions